Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
The year 2023 is slowly coming to an end. Therefore, as usual at this point, I would like to wish my readers a blessed Christmas season, as well as luck and health for the coming
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Year: 2023
Diagnosis Transmission MS – Initial Speech
On the initiative of the Federal Advisory Board for MS Patients (BBMSE), the DMSG recently issued a flyer providing doctors with “tips” for diagnosing multiple sclerosis: recommendations such as “take your time for the patient”
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Autologous Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (aHSCT) – Results from the Swedish MS Registry
In September 2023, a paper from Sweden was published in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry (JNNP) (Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation for treatment of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis in Sweden: an observational cohort study |
Continue readingExopulse Mollii Suit – not like this …
Recently, the DMSG Federal Association has been receiving an increasing number of inquiries from MS patients regarding the possibility of reimbursement for the Exopulse Mollii Suit by statutory health insurance companies, as well as by
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ECTRIMS 2023 in Milan – “We are halfway home, but we are not all the way there”
This year’s annual meeting of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS) took place from October 12 to 14 in Milan. This most important scientific MS congress discusses the most important
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Introduction to Second Opinion
I often have patients who want a second opinion – either on their own initiative or at the suggestion of their treating neurologist or general practitioner. The second opinion is an important and meaningful tool,
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MS Medications on the List of “Essential Medicines”
The World Health Organization (WHO) publishes a list of essential medicines every two to three years, which are considered crucial for providing the global population with safe and effective medicines. This “Essential Medicines List (EML)”
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Neuronal Stem Cell Therapy for MS
Neural stem cell therapy for MS is still in its infancy. It is being studied for progressive MS and differs from the already known autologous hematopoietic stem cell therapy. This is already used for MS,
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Frexalimab – Results of the Phase II Study and their Significance
This is about a B-cell inhibitor called Frexalimab. It is still in the pipeline and is being tested against MS. When it comes to new therapeutic strategies for the treatment of multiple sclerosis, the influence
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STIKO Recommendations for Covid-19 Vaccination
Covid-19 vaccination, the pandemic, discussions about various vaccines – all these topics seem to be miles away already. However, with the onset of the autumn season, the question will arise as to how one should
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